In reply to Bottom Clinger:
It's funny, Godwits never seem to get boring even though you see them loads of times. And Stonechats are so obliging sitting on top of posts and at the top of bushes - if only all the small song birds did that.
Not been out for a week or two - was in the Lakes last week where the most uncommon sighting was a Sparrowhawk (prob female) that flew across the road as I was driving round the west side of the Lakes. And regardless of the number of Meadow Pipits that are recorded migrating, there's still plenty in them thar hills, and some Wheatears. And then on Thursday & Friday it rained - properly - the difference in water levels on rivers (where you could still see them in the middle of new lakes) and small (existing) lakes was phenomenal.
Oh yes, forgot, did see a Badger running across the road in Coniston on Wednesday evening.
And since then I've not been out because getting Covid again seemed like a good way to avoid making a decision about whether to have this winter's vaccine booster - luckily the effects have been as previously - couple of days paracetamol to suppress high temperature, felt ok today - work from home this week; trying to avoid passing it on to the Mrs.